article XF4u-4 Corsair On January 25, 1944, Chance Vought received a letter of intent from the Navy regarding a proposal from the company to build the XF4U-4. The program began with the modification of two …
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article F-4E Phantom ii, AUP.339 sq aias ph farewell anniversary painting – HAF A OFFICIAL ceremony was held at Andravida Air Base on October 31, 2017 for the decommissioning of 339 “Aias” (“Ajax”) Mira, one of …
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article F2A Buffalo, 21 by Commander Joseph C. CliftonDesigned and built by Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in 1937, the F2A Buffalo aircraft was the U.S. Navy’s first monoplane fighter aircraft and was intended to replace the …
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article A-7E Corsair OLYMPUS 336 SQMOur Air Force received its first A-7H (60 units) & two-seat TA-7H trainers (5 units) in August 1975. Their fleet increased and their capabilities were upgraded with the addition of …
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article Микоян-Гуревич MG-21 Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF)More Features The kit consists of over 170 parts, includes 8 clean parts– fuselage & wing with fine etched panel lines– detailed cockpitThe kit is excellent in …
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article FG-1A Corsair “94” NX69900 Lucky Gallon”Built as FG-1A by Goodyear.Received Strength/Charge with the United States Navy as BuNo 13481.History12 August 1946To Cook Cleland Air Service/Cook Cleland, Willoughby, OH with new c/r N69900.To Cook Cleland, …
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article Goodyear F2G-1 Super CorsairThe apparent capability of the Corsair meant that there was interest in exploring how far the design could be pushed. Vought, as already mentioned, was fully occupied with existing work and …
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article Goodyear XF2G-1 Super CorsairIn March 1944, Pratt Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft to evaluate their new P&W R-4360,28 engine. Vought shipped an F4U-1, BuNo 02460 (Birdcage Canopy) to see if the …
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article Boeing B–29 SuperfortressA series of historical images of the legendary Boeing B-29 Superfortress during WW2, depicting its life at the Pacific resort.Although it bore the “Superfortress” tag, a nod to another game-changer, the B-17, which was …
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article F-16D BLOCK 52+AdvancedThe conversion of TAMIYA’s F 16C to the F-16D version was not a simple matter. I bought the F-16D 1/48 KINETIC kit and kept the top fairing piece as it matched the …